Soita Shitanda

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Entries 141 to 148 of 148.

• 19 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: For instance, we have one of the biggest slums in Africa and the third biggest slum in the world in Mr. Raila's constituency. That slum is called "Kibera". Over 500,000 people live in the Kibera slums without basic facilities. The Government has put in place a programme to address the issue of slums in this country. I agree with the hon. Member who has said that the Kibera Housing Programme was supposed to be a pilot project. Under that programme, 600 housing units are being constructed. We still get resistance from the slum developers in Kibera as we put up ... view
• 19 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: 2188 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 19, 2006 view
• 19 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: I assure hon. Members that the programme within the NHC to upgrade slums is a friendly one. Under this programme, a two-bedroomed house in Majengo slums goes for as little as Kshs1.1 million. The occupants are not required to deposit any money. They just move in and make monthly payments for a period of between 15 and 25 years. I think the concern of hon. Members is: Why do we not diversify that programme? Why do we not roll it out to other towns? We are doing this through the draft Bill that we want to bring to this House. ... view
• 19 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I said that housing issues are scattered. Let me remind the hon. Member that the Ministries of Local Government and Environment and Natural Resources are involved in housing issues. That is why we want to harmonise all these issues into one authority. We want housing issues to be dealt with in a more professional manner. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is another issue of land grabbing. As we try to implement Government programmes on housing, we find that almost all the public land in Nairobi had either been grabbed or was in the process ... view
• 19 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is not Question Time! I would like to thank hon. Members who have contributed to this Motion. I also wish to assure them that whatever comments and suggestions they have made, we are going to try and in- build those very valuable proposals into the proposed Housing Bill so that when we bring a Bill to this House, it is a law that will address the issues they have raised, mainly issues touching on the provision of housing to the poor and low income earners. Finally, I want to say something about the Madaraka ... view
• 28 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to join my colleagues in congratulating the Minister for Finance for a Budget which has been roundly praised as being poor-friendly. I have a few issues I would like to comment on, which came out in the Budget. First, I would like to talk about the shift in taxation in the sugar industry, the Sugar Development Levy, which has been shifted from the consumers to the growers. I believe that the shift of that particular levy to farmers will only increase the burden on the sugar- cane farmers besides ... view
• 3 May 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to make a few remarks on this very important Motion. First of all, I would like to join those who have thanked the Mover, and also thank the Minister for Finance for supporting the Motion. We all know the achievements that our constituencies have had through the CDF 920 view
• 19 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is a Policy Paper on housing which was passed by this House in 2004. Secondly, I would like to correct the impression being created by the media that we have some foreign investors who are upgrading the slums. The truth of the matter is that I do not have any such proposal in my Ministry. There is no investor who has come forward to make any proposal about slum upgrading. April 19, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 561 view